Alonso testifies

Baltimore city schools CEO Andres Alonso, center, testifies to the House Appropriations Committee on behalf of a block grant bill for city schools. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake is on rightl.

Baltimore city schools CEO Andres Alonso, center, testifies to the House Appropriations Committee on behalf of a block grant bill for city schools. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake is on rightl. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

Baltimore city schools CEO Andres Alonso, center, testifies to the House Appropriations Committee on behalf of a block grant bill for city schools. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake is on rightl.